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The Blurb On The Back:
Coldtown was dangerous, Tana knew. A glamorous cage. A prison for the damned and anyone who wanted to party with them.
Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. It’s an eternal party, shown on TV twenty-four hours a day – gorgeous, glamorous, deadly!
The problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Holly Black’s YA dark fantasy standalone novel has some great world building and takes vampire mythology back to its monstrous origins but the plot is predictable, the central romance rather by-the-numbers and the main character unconvincing. I usually enjoy Black’s work but this book really didn’t do it for me.
THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN was released in the United Kingdom on 5th September 2013. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. It’s an eternal party, shown on TV twenty-four hours a day – gorgeous, glamorous, deadly!
The problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Holly Black’s YA dark fantasy standalone novel has some great world building and takes vampire mythology back to its monstrous origins but the plot is predictable, the central romance rather by-the-numbers and the main character unconvincing. I usually enjoy Black’s work but this book really didn’t do it for me.
THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN was released in the United Kingdom on 5th September 2013. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
